Read This Book: FLASH BURNOUT

After I had my son nearly five years ago, I was too exhausted to commit to an in-person critique group. So I tried my first online critique group, and that’s where I met L.K. Madigan. She was working on FLASH BURNOUT at the same time I was working on CANDOR. It’s funny that our debut books ended up pubbing within a few weeks of each other! I feel like I’ve known Blake’s loyalty, love and SNARK for a long time and I’m so excited that everyone gets to read his story now. So please check out the details below and head off to get your own copy of L.K.’s book today!

A bit about FLASH BURNOUT:

Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who's a girl. One of them loves him, the other one needs him.

When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa's long-lost meth addicted mom.

In a tangle of life, death, and love, Blake will emerge with a more sharply defined snapshot of loyalty.

L.K. answered my three fave questions:

--I think teen books can, and should, be read by grown-ups. Tell my grandma Grace why she should read your book.
Grandma Grace, my book is about the eternal conflict between love and friendship between the sexes.
--What would your 16-year-old self say if she read your book?
Is that really how guys think?
--I am fascinated by writers' inspirations. Tell me about a real-life setting that found its way into your book.
I visited a morgue when I was writing the book. So does my main character.

And finally, all about L.K.:

L.K. Madigan is a writer living in Portland, Oregon, who finds it odd to speak in the third person. Therefore:

Hi. I am married with one son, two big black dogs, hundreds of books, and a couple of beaters, I mean vintage cars.